Mission Accomplished? | View from the Danube #13

Dr. Calum T. M. Nicholson | Rod Dreher | Philip Pilkington | Raymond Ibrahim

Can you make fish from fish soup? Recently Viktor Orbán reminded Hungarian voters that certain decisions are irreversible. And the world certainly has reached several crossroads right now. This month on View From The Danube, Rod Dreher hosts Philip Pilkington, Callum Nicholson, and Raymond Ibrahim to discuss the Iran war, arguing a failed Trump-administration decapitation strike has shifted into long-range missile attrition, with Iran now hitting Gulf states, U.S. bases, Dubai, airports, and energy infrastructure. They warn about Iran’s ideological and Shiite eschatological motivations, dispersed IRGC command, and U.S. interceptor and Tomahawk limits raise escalation risks. Meanwhile, at home, Trump faces low public support and fast partisan backlash. After all, Iran’s economic warfare strategy - cyberattacks, targeting UAE as a financial hub, and potentially closing the Strait of Hormuz - could trigger oil shocks, inflation, and a broader financial crisis. In part two, the team cover the recent Gorton & Denton by-election, Islamization and left–Muslim political alliances in Europe, demographic pressures, and the situation in France following the murder of a student. In part three, they turn to Hungary’s contested polling and the election flashpoint of the Druzhba pipeline. View From The Danube is a production of The Danube Institute, a Hungarian think tank focused on communicating with the English speaking world from a classically liberal, conservative perspective.

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Mission Accomplished? | View from the Danube #13

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